Huckabee show to broadcast from Chestertown

Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who now has his own TV show on Fox News, will be broadcasting his “Save This Town” series from Chestertown on Saturday.

Huckabee was in Elkhart, Ind. last week (at right) for the series. Elkhart is considered the RV Capital of the World, and the city has a 20 percent unemployment rate.

Huckabee will be doing his show from New York City, but Fox News will have a live feed from Chestertown so that Huckabee can talk to the guests and audience in Chestertown.

A Fox News spokeswoman said the event will take place at the Lincoln Logs mill in Chestertown, with Erin Brothers from Lincoln Logs and Larry Stephenson from Stephenson Lumber participating along with Thom Randall of the Adirondack Journal. About 150 are expected to attend, including members of the Chestertown community and past and present Lincoln Logs employees.

Lincoln Logs, a longtime maker of “kits” for log homes, shut down production and filed for bankruptcty protection last year. But Stephenson Lumber purchased the assets recently, and Lincoln Logs has started up production again, with the first kit to be delivered tomorrow.

The event will be broadcast Saturday at 8 p.m. on Fox News after being taped earlier in the day.

Huckabee drew a huge crowd in Elkhart, where he called on the federal government to suspend the payroll tax for three months.

“Towns like Elkhart need some breathing room from the government,” Huckabee said.

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Sounds like a great show except for the fact that he’s doing it from New York City. Now, does that make any sense?! Doing a whole show on Chestertown talking about small town problems and he’s never even been there….